Police say a 4-year-old girl has died in a fall from a fourth-floor window in the Bronx.Police say the child fell out of an apartment window on East 140th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood just before 5 p.m. Saturday. She was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. "I heard yelling screaming, saying, 'My niece is in the backyard.' It's shocking. I started crying," witness Frank Robles told WCBS. "I just can't believe how that happened. They're good people. They take care of their kids, go to school. They're here early in the morning.""Oh my goodness it's heartbreaking, heartbreaking," neighbor Ana Roman said. The girl was identified as Helena Flores. Police said the girl was at home with her father, playing in the apartment, when she climbed over the air conditioning unit and fell out the window. It is not clear how the window was opened. Window guards are required in New York City apartments where young children live. No charges are expected to be filed against the girl's parents.

BRONX COUNTY, N.Y. —

Police say a 4-year-old girl has died in a fall from a fourth-floor window in the Bronx.

Police say the child fell out of an apartment window on East 140th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood just before 5 p.m. Saturday. She was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

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"I heard yelling screaming, saying, 'My niece is in the backyard.' It's shocking. I started crying," witness Frank Robles told WCBS. "I just can't believe how that happened. They're good people. They take care of their kids, go to school. They're here early in the morning."